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Jayawardena TU, Merindol N, Liyanage NS, Desgagné-Penix I. Unveiling Amaryllidaceae alkaloids: from biosynthesis to antiviral potential - a review. Nat Prod Rep 2024; 41:721-747. [PMID: 38131392 DOI: 10.1039/d3np00044c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Covering: 2017 to 2023 (now)Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (AAs) are a unique class of specialized metabolites containing heterocyclic nitrogen bridging that play a distinct role in higher plants. Irrespective of their diverse structures, most AAs are biosynthesized via intramolecular oxidative coupling. The complex organization of biosynthetic pathways is constantly enlightened by new insights owing to the advancement of natural product chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, biochemistry, systems and synthetic biology tools and applications. These promote novel compound identification, trace-level metabolite quantification, synthesis, and characterization of enzymes engaged in AA catalysis, enabling the recognition of biosynthetic pathways. A complete understanding of the pathway benefits biotechnological applications in the long run. This review emphasizes the structural diversity of the AA specialized metabolites involved in biogenesis although the process is not entirely defined yet. Moreover, this work underscores the pivotal role of synthetic and enantioselective studies in justifying biosynthetic conclusions. Their prospective candidacy as lead constituents for antiviral drug discovery has also been established. However, a complete understanding of the pathway requires further interdisciplinary efforts in which antiviral studies address the structure-activity relationship. This review presents current knowledge on the topic.
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- Thilina U Jayawardena
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, G8Z 4M3, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, G8Z 4M3, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, G8Z 4M3, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, G8Z 4M3, Canada.
- Plant Biology Research Group, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
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Chaichompoo W, Rojsitthisak P, Pabuprapap W, Siriwattanasathien Y, Yotmanee P, Suksamrarn A. Amaryllidaceae alkaloids from the bulbs of Crinum latifolium L. and their cholinesterase inhibitory activities. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2024; 217:113929. [PMID: 37984589 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Eleven previously undescribed Amaryllidaceae alkaloids, crinalatifolines A-K (1-11), and two first naturally occurring alkaloids, dihydroambelline (12) and N-demethyldihydrogalanthamine (13), were isolated from the bulbs of Crinum latifolium L. Additionally, thirty-seven known alkaloids and one alkaloid artifact were also isolated from this plant species. Their structures and absolute configurations were elucidated using extensive spectroscopic techniques, including IR, NMR, MS, and ECD. Evaluations of the cholinesterase inhibitory activities of most of these compounds were conducted. Among the tested compounds, ungeremine exhibited the highest potency against acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase, with the IC50 values of 0.10 and 1.21 μM, respectively. These values were 9.4- and 2.4-fold more potent than the reference drug galanthamine.
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- Waraluck Chaichompoo
- Department of Food and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Center of Excellence in Natural Products for Aging and Chronic Diseases, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Food and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Center of Excellence in Natural Products for Aging and Chronic Diseases, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok 10240, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok 10240, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok 10240, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok 10240, Thailand
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Bendaif H, Melhaoui A, Ramdani M, Elmsellem H, Douez C, El Ouadi Y. Antibacterial activity and virtual screening by molecular docking of lycorine from Pancratium foetidum Pom (Moroccan endemic Amaryllidaceae). Microb Pathog 2017; 115:138-145. [PMID: 29253598 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.12.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Revised: 12/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lycorine is an alkaloid isolated from bulbs of Pancratium foetidum Pom Amaryllidaceae of the genus Lycoris. It has very strong pharmacodynamics properties and biological effects, among others, antimalarial, antiviral, antitumor, and anti-inflammatory. Lycorine has been identified and characterized by thin layer chromatography, IR and NMR (1H and 13C NMR, COZY, HMBC, HSQC and NOESY). The antibacterial activity of lycorine has been evaluated. Lycorine has a moderate antibacterial activity on the majority of strains studied, nevertheless it is more effective than Streptomycin and Ampicillin against bacteria: P. aeruginosa, En. cloacae. To confirm these results, it is necessary to use qualitative techniques and methods, etc… We performed a virtual docking ligand-lycorine protein screening study to predict and characterize their mode of interaction with the LpxC receptor. Docking results have shown that lycorine can interact with target amino residues studied by hydrogen and metal-ion bonds. In addition, the ADME-Tox profile study has shown that lycorine is all in agreement, either with Lipinski's critics or with the toxicity standards.
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- H Bendaif
- Laboratory of Macromolecular Organic Chemistry and Natural Products (URAC25), Faculty of Science, 60000 Oujda, Morocco.
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular Organic Chemistry and Natural Products (URAC25), Faculty of Science, 60000 Oujda, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Applied Analytical Chemistry Materials and Environment (LA2CME-URAC18), Faculty of Science, B.P. 717, 60000 Oujda, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Applied Analytical Chemistry Materials and Environment (LA2CME-URAC18), Faculty of Science, B.P. 717, 60000 Oujda, Morocco
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- Université d'Artois, 62000, Arras, France
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- Laboratory of Applied Analytical Chemistry Materials and Environment (LA2CME-URAC18), Faculty of Science, B.P. 717, 60000 Oujda, Morocco.
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Cimmino A, Masi M, Evidente M, Superchi S, Evidente A. Amaryllidaceae alkaloids: Absolute configuration and biological activity. Chirality 2017. [PMID: 28649696 DOI: 10.1002/chir.22719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Plants belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family are well known for their ornamental and medicinal use. Plant members of this group are distributed through both tropical and subtropical regions of the world and are dominant in Andean South America, the Mediterranean basin, and southern Africa. Amaryllidaceae plants have been demonstrated to be a good source of alkaloids with a large spectrum of biological activities, the latter being strictly related to the absolute stereochemistry of the alkaloid scaffold. Among them, great importance for practical applications in medicine has galanthamine, which has already spawned an Alzheimer's prescription drug as a potent and selective inhibitor of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase. Furthermore, lycorine as well as its related isocarbostyryl analogs narciclasine and pancratistatine have shown a strong anticancer activity in vitro against different solid tumors with malignant prognosis. This review addresses the assignment of the absolute configuration of several Amaryllidaceae alkaloids and its relationship with their biological activities.
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- Alessio Cimmino
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Napoli, Italy
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Chen YJ, Cai SL, Wang CC, Cheng JD, Kramer S, Sun XW. Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (-)-α-Lycorane, (-)-Zephyranthine, and Formal Synthesis of (+)-Clivonine. Chem Asian J 2017; 12:1309-1313. [PMID: 28474489 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 04/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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An asymmetric route to (-)-α-lycorane and (-)-zephyranthine, and a formal total synthesis of (+)-clivonine were achieved. A pivotal intermediate, which serves as a potent precursor for the divergent syntheses of these natural products, was accessed by a diastereoselective Pd-catalyzed cinnamylation of an N-tert-butanesulfinyl imine.
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- Yong-Jian Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
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Cedrón JC, Del Arco-Aguilar M, Estévez-Braun A, Ravelo AG. Chemistry and biology of Pancratium alkaloids. THE ALKALOIDS. CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY 2010; 68:1-37. [PMID: 20334035 DOI: 10.1016/s1099-4831(10)06801-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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- Juan C Cedrón
- Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica "Antonio González", Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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Lamoral-Theys D, Andolfi A, Van Goietsenoven G, Cimmino A, Le Calvé B, Wauthoz N, Mégalizzi V, Gras T, Bruyère C, Dubois J, Mathieu V, Kornienko A, Kiss R, Evidente A. Lycorine, the main phenanthridine Amaryllidaceae alkaloid, exhibits significant antitumor activity in cancer cells that display resistance to proapoptotic stimuli: an investigation of structure-activity relationship and mechanistic insight. J Med Chem 2009; 52:6244-56. [PMID: 19788245 DOI: 10.1021/jm901031h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Twenty-two lycorine-related compounds were investigated for in vitro antitumor activity using four cancer cell lines displaying different levels of resistance to proapoptotic stimuli and two cancer cell lines sensitive to proapoptotic stimuli. Lycorine and six of its congeners exhibited potency in the single-digit micromolar range, while no compound appeared more active than lycorine. Lycorine also displayed the highest potential (in vitro) therapeutic ratio, being at least 15 times more active against cancer than normal cells. Our studies also showed that lycorine exerts its in vitro antitumor activity through cytostatic rather than cytotoxic effects. Furthermore, lycorine provided significant therapeutic benefit in mice bearing brain grafts of the B16F10 melanoma model at nontoxic doses. Thus, the results of the current study make lycorine an excellent lead for the generation of compounds able to combat cancers, which are naturally resistant to proapoptotic stimuli, such as glioblastoma, melanoma, non-small-cell-lung cancers, and metastatic cancers, among others.
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- Delphine Lamoral-Theys
- Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique, Toxicologie et Chimie Physique Appliqueé, Institut de Pharmacie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Kauffmann T, Habersaat K, Köppelmann E. 1,3-Anionische Cycloadditionen, XIII.endo-exo-Isomere Cycloaddukte austrans,trans-1,3-Diphenyl-2-azaallyllithium und Acenaphthylen. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1977. [DOI: 10.1002/cber.19771100225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Hufford CD, Funderburk MJ. Letter: Nonbasic aporphine alkaloids from Liriodendron tulipifera L. J Pharm Sci 1974; 63:1338-9. [PMID: 4852876 DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600630848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Snatzke G, Wollenberg G, Hrbek J, Śantavý F, Bláha K, Klyne W, Swan R. The optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism of the phthalideisoquinoline alkaloids and of their α-hydroxybenzyltetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives. Tetrahedron 1969. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)83253-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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